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RETRACTED: Research progress of indole-fused derivatives as allosteric modulators: Opportunities for drug development

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Luo, Meng-Lan, Zhao, Qian, He, Xiang-Hong, Xie, Xin, Zhu, Hong-Ping, You, Feng-Ming, Peng, Cheng, Zhan, Gu +1 more·2023·Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy

Abstract

Allosteric modulation is a direct and effective method for regulating the function of biological macromolecules, which play vital roles in various cellular activities. Unlike orthosteric modulators, allosteric modulators bind to sites distant from the protein's orthosteric/active site and can have specific effects on the protein's function or activity without competing with endogenous ligands. Compared to traditional orthosteric modulators, allosteric modulators offer several advantages, including reduced side effects, greater specificity, and lower toxicity, making them a promising strategy for developing novel drugs. Indole-fused architectures are widely distributed in natural products and bioactive drug leads, displaying diverse biological activities that attract the interest of both chemists and biologists in drug discovery. Currently, an increasing number of indole-fused compounds have exhibited potent activities in allosteric modulation. In this review, we provide a brief summary of examples of allosteric modulators based on the indole-fused complex architecture, highlighting the strategies for drug design/discovery and the structure-activity relationships of allosteric modulators from the perspective of medicinal chemistry.

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  • Allosteric modulators can change protein/substrate affinity in a highly predictable manner by stabilizing target proteins in inactive or active state, leading to desirable controllability.

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Authors
Luo, M.-L., Zhao, Q., He, X.-H., Xie, X., Zhu, H.-P., You, F.-M., Peng, C., Zhan, G., & Huang, W.
Affiliations
  • Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
  • Chengdu University (CN)
Corresponding author
  • Zhao, Qian
  • Zhan, Gu
  • Huang, Wei
Venue
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2023-06
Volume
162
Pages
114574
ISSN
0753-3322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4361284902
Cited by
25
References
85
Citations by year
2026: 3 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 2
FWCI
2.55
Type
journal article
Language
en
Status
Retracted
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Locations
  • Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
  • Chengdu University
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (82073997, 22107015, 22001024)
  • Sichuan Provincial Science and Technology Support Program (2021YJ0402, 2021YFS0044)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Chemistry › Organic Chemistry › Synthesis and biological activity
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computational Theory and Mathematics › Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Keywords
allosteric modulation, allosteric modulators, drug design, structure-activity relationship, natural products, retracted article
MeSH terms
Allosteric Regulation, Allosteric Site, Ligands, Structure-Activity Relationship, Drug Design, Drug Discovery

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